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Date:         Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:31:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: 1.9l 85gl water pump weep hole
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Thats the ticket BEER.. wait i did'nt drink one while doing this? might have been my curse.. hehe

Joe

-----Original Message----- >From: Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM> >Sent: Apr 12, 2006 8:47 AM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: 1.9l 85gl water pump weep hole > >Jake, I replaced the water pump in my 1.9 a few months ago with a >barely adequate socket set. Just remember to have a case of your >favorite beer handy for the tricky spots. >I got the water pump, etc from bus depot. > >Sudhir > >On 4/12/06, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: >> If you are really against replacing the water pump now, you might try >> putting a bottle or two of Ceramiseal in the coolant. Three years ago my 84 >> started leaking from above the splash plates just weeks before a >> long-planned 2000 mile trip. I ended up putting two bottles of the mix-in >> type in the van, and it hasn't leaked since, including days at over 100 >> degrees in Idaho and Wyoming. >> >> Jake >> >> On 4/12/06, Joseph Fortino <fortino1@earthlink.net> wrote: >> > >> > yup i crawl and claw under this van alot, more than I'd like too, the hole >> > shows signs of allowing coolent to drip out when warm. The cross over tube >> > is >> > above it and i thought maybe it was it. does not look that way at this >> > point. >> > >> > I clean the hole and waaaaala again it shows signs of coolent flowage. >> > >> > wasser leaken- ahhh I need to convert someday but running this puppy til >> > all shes got >> > >> > Joe >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > >From: Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> >> > >Sent: Apr 11, 2006 8:11 AM >> > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> > >Subject: Re: 1.9l 85gl water pump weep hole >> > > >> > >There are 5769 pluming connections on the 1.9 waterpump. Are you positive >> > >this leak is from the weep hole? >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jake >> 1984 Vanagon GL >> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" >> www.crescentbeachguitar.com >>


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